Buckeye Battle PAC, the independent expenditure committee supporting Cleveland businessman Mike Gibbons in his U.S. Senate bid, has expanded its senior leadership team with two highly experienced political leaders, the group’s executive director said today. “We are very excited to have Gentry Collins and Eric Woolson join our growing team,” said executive director Bob Ellsworth. […]
DES MOINES, Iowa – A top Canadian agricultural official will join a past president of the National Pork Producers Council and several U.S. equipment manufacturers for a panel discussion on trade and manufacturing at the Aug. 5 Iowa Ag Summit, organizers said today. Fred Gorrell of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has extensive experience with U.S.-Canada […]
DES MOINES, Iowa – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will participate in the Iowa Ag Summit set for Aug. 5 to highlight trade, energy, sustainability, the environment, corporate mergers, the 2018 farm bill and other issues important to agriculture’s future, event organizer Bruce Rastetter said today. Perdue, a veterinarian and former Georgia governor, made […]
Dominic Keeling, who has turned his internet-based business, Pingora Outdoors, into a bricks-and-mortar retailer in Ankeny appeared on WOI-TV‘s mid-day newscast today to talk about Pingora Outdoors’ outdoor gear swap meet this Sunday. The outdoor gear swap meet will run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of Firetrucker Brewery, 716 […]
The Concept Works’ president and CEO, Eric Woolson, shares his perspectives on Terry Branstad’s long and successful political career in the first part of a one-hour special about the newly confirmed U.S. ambassador to China. Woolson was a journalist who covered Branstad from 1978 to 1996 before serving as communications director for the longest-serving governor […]
In the wake of recent tragedies in which animals died in transit, Dr. Jessica Merk of the Ashworth Road Animal Hospital in West Des Moines appeared on WOI-HD today to discuss safe travel tips for pets. A high-profile incident involved the death of Simon, a giant rabbit en route from England to Iowa. Simon was […]
DES MOINES, Iowa – Summit Agricultural Group, a leading diversified agribusiness in the Midwest, announced today it will host the 2017 Iowa Ag Summit on Saturday, August 5, 2017, at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. The event will feature, state, regional, national and international officials and highlight important topics affecting agriculture, such […]
DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad announced Thursday that he has appointed Accumold President and Chief Executive Officer Roger Hargens to the Iowa Partnership on Economic Progress. “I’m humbled by Governor Branstad’s continued confidence in me and very honored to have an opportunity to give back to the state that has been so good to […]
WEST DES MOINES — Mayor Steve Gaer announced today he will seek a new term to continue the city’s smart-growth policies and focus on quality-of-life priorities that have resulted in a string of national honors since 2009. “In the past eight years, West Des Moines has experienced its greatest period, jobs creation and quality of […]
Writing in the May issue of School Transportation News magazine, Eric Woolson’s article “Detect to Protect” described how new state laws illustrate evolving technology, and requirements needed to define them, to make school buses even safer inside and out.
